Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11

ty seconds as it passed along Kissing and
suffering at a probable height of 1000
feet. 1t descended about two miles west
of the abbey, and with a thunder-like
crash exploded.
The fire losses in the United States and
Canada in October were 50, 769. S25 against
Sl2,000,0 900 in October, 1856, and $500
600 in October, 1885. The total for the
first ten months of the current year foots
up Sl02, 953 1925 against So. 400, 900 for the
corresponding period of 1856.
a Bengal tiger, two lions, leopard, a
jaguar, an ibex and vulture belonging
to John Robinson's menagerie, escaped
at st. Louis the other day during a rail-
road collision at the depot. The tiger
bounded into the railroad superintendent
Office and was easily captured. The rest
were also secured after terrifying the
inhabitants.
The secretary of the interstate CONNER
ce commission denies the published state
ment that the commission has exhausted
its appropriation and is now running in
expectation of deficiency bill. The APP
preparation of 100000 for the Is months
beginning April l, 1887, has been care
fully husbanded, and is ample for the
period it covers,
The reports from the West show a con-
tinued scarcity of water for stock in
many sections, especially in the States
of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. Tn
less copious rains are experienced before
the setting in of winter, many farmers
will find themselves involved in serious
difficulty in providing the necessary wa
ter for their stock.
{. j. Hamlin drove his mares belle
Hamlin" and "Justina" as a team to beat
2.2O on the driving park at Buffalo. y. Y.
the other afternoon. The pair finished
the mile in 2.lS. The time made beats
the worlds record for team trotting The
quarters were as follows: First, 343s:
second, 1.0Sf; third, l II. and mile 2.lS.
Mr.. Hamlin weighs lS5 pounds and is GS
years old. The wagon weighed 155
pounds.
The national dairy convention in ses-
sion at Manchester, Ia, elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Jonathan
Bigelow of Massachusetts first vice
president, f. c. Potter of Minnesota:
secretary, r. NJ. Littler of Iowa. Each
State will select its own vice-president.
The national association adopted a reso-
luton to provide for an attorney also
committee to oppose the repeal of the
oleomargarine law.
The first truss of the new bridge over
the Hudson at Poughkeepsie was finished
on Monday. 1t is 525 feet long between
the centers of the towers. 50 feet deep
and 80 wide. being the largest and heav-
lest steel truss in the world 1t rests on
steel towers 100 feet high which stand on
masonry piers whose foundations are l25
feet below high water and which rise 30
feet above high water. and its total hight
from the foundations is 331 feet.
Masked men stopped the east-bound
salt Lake express on the Denver and Rio
Grande road "A few miles east of Grand
junction, Col. at noon the other day,
and after relieving the passengers of their
money and valuables, they entered the
express car. but failed to open the safe.
Mail pouches were cut and registered
packages and letters opened. The train
was allowed to proceed after being delay
ed an hour, and the robbers fled to the
mountains.
The annual report of the commission
err of internal revenue is made public.
The total revenue during the fiscal year
was SllS.S29, 523, against Sll6,9O 500
during the previous year. The tax on
spirits was S65, 1921, or S3,2G2 ,94 less
than the preceding year. That on fer
mented liquors was sd ,922,l about
S2,000.000 less than the preceding year.
Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, snuff, etc.,
yielded $50, los, 067, or S2,000,0O0 more
than the preceding year. The oleomar-
garine tax was S723,94s during eight
months.
\ Paris special says: Mr.. Blaine We'd
nesday night passed an hour with ex-
Congressman John B. Alley of Boston,
and during the conversation said; -
have had the best physicians in London
and Paris, and they have pronounced me
to be in perfect health and condition.
am quite assured of my denomination,
| hnt chAn1J I ha a1antal I ,.-nnlH
even then give up politics. | consider
the senatorship of good, sound State
equal to the presidency as position
worth seeking. All | want now is per-
feet rest and quiet"
Alfred Giles, prominent architect of
San Antonio, gives intelligence, says II
St. Louis dispatch, of reign of terror in
Kinney county, Texas. along the Rio
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